From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61508
Date: 2008-11-10
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From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
Spanish and Arabic words for clothing
tend to be cognates from vulgar Latin
and many have sketchy origins:
e.g.
zapato/s.abat;
fustán/fustan
camisa/qamis (< Celtic supposedly)
calzón/kalsun (sp? --I don't know if qaf and s.ad or not)
etc.
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I can't find them in Kazimirski
so I don't think they are "Arabic"
and therefore anything like "cognate".
Maybe some varieties of Arabic have late LW from Spanish.
A.